Reece, Dizzy

Asia Minor

Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece recorded one of his best opuses in 1962. Released on the New Jazz label the album featured greats such as bassist Ron Carter, renowned saxophonist Cecil Payne and pianist Hank Jones. It's a beautifully recorded and sequenced album, the compositions reflecting Reece's interest in the music of the Asian continent and regions of North Africa, with each piece transitioning nicely into the next. 'Asia Minor' would be the last session Reece would lead until 1967/68. A fixture of the European jazz scene of the fifties, Reece came to New York in 1959. This intriguing, Eastern-flavored date, is still regarded has one of the best example of cross-pollination in the jazz genre.

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